was on a summer's morning
Down through some flowery
gardens I carelessly did stray.
I overheard a dam sel in
sorrow to complain,
All for her absent lover that
ploughed the
I stepped up unto her and put her in surprise I
swear she did not know me, I being all in
disguise
Says
I, my handsome maiden,
my joy and heart's
How far must you then wander
this dark and dreary night?
Just to the banks of
Clodagh,
if you'll be pleased to show
Take pity on a fair maid,
it's there I have to go
In search of a faithless young man, and
Johnny is his name,
And on the banks of
Cloddy, I am told,
he does remain.
These are the banks of
Cloddy, young mate, whereon you stand,
But do not trust your
Johnny, for he's a false young man.
No, do not trust your
Johnny, he will not meet you here.
So come with me to the meadows,
and nothing need you fear.
If
Johnny were here this night,
he'd keep me from all harm
But he's in the field of battle,
all in his uniform
He strives in the field of battle,
his foes he will destroy
Like a royal king of honour
That fought on the banks of
Troy
Tis six long years are better
Since
Johnny left the shore
He's cruising the main ocean
Where foaming billows roar
He's cruising the main ocean
for honor and for gain
But I'm told his ship was wrecked
on the cruel coast of
Spain
Oh, when she heard this dreadful
news she fell in deep despair
A ringing of her milk -white hands
and the tearing of her hair.
If my
Johnny he be drowned dead,
no man alive I'll take,
Through lonesome groves and valley
s I'll wander for his sake.
When he saw her love for him,
no longer could he stand
He flew into her arms, saying,
Patsy, I am your man
I am your faithless young man,
whom you thought lay slain
Now since we're met on
Claudibank s, we'll never part again.